On the recordJune 23, 2025
Far from being 'insufficiently pliable,' I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s its primary problem.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Far from being 'insufficiently pliable,' I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s its primary problem.
Jackson critiques the flexibility of textualism in judicial decisions.
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